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11 Top MongoDB Monitoring Tools; Free & Open-Source [2024]

Are you looking for MongoDB monitoring tools? Then you’re at the right place. MongoDB is one of the most popular and powerful NoSQL databases out there. The fact that it’s a document-based database makes it blazing fast. With all the features that MongoDB comes with, you need to keep an eye on your MongoDB's health and performance - especially as it directly deals with your data. There are many monitoring tools out there, and choosing the right one can be confusing.

Understanding Computer Programs and Copyright Protection

In our increasingly digitized world, computer programs are pivotal in shaping our daily lives. From the software that powers our smartphones to the complex algorithms driving modern technologies, computer programs are the backbone of the digital era. This blog post will delve into the fascinating realm of computer programs, exploring their significance, development, and the crucial aspect of copyright protection.

5 open source projects to contribute to in 2024

Contributing to open source software helps you develop new skills, gain real-world coding experience, interact with new technologies, and meet new people. But with so many open source projects to choose from — developers started some 52 million new projects on GitHub in 2022 alone — it can be difficult to figure out which repositories to contribute to. If you’re thinking about joining a new open source project in 2024, you’ve come to the right place.

Open Source Automation Tools: The Most Popular Options + How to Choose

When looking at the broad landscape of IT automation tools, you’ll find dozens of tools that seem like viable solutions to your automation needs. Almost all of those tools can be broken down into two categories: Open source automation tools and commercial automation tools. (Open source automation tools with a commercial offering are still considered open source, even if the commercial version has a price tag.)

Explore Apache Kafka Tiered Storage

Get an introduction to Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage which enables more effective data management by utilizing two different storage types—local disk and remote cloud storage solutions such as Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage. This feature offers a tailored approach to data storage, allowing you to allocate frequently accessed data to high-speed local disks while offloading less critical or infrequently accessed data to more cost-effective remote storage solutions. Tiered storage enables you to indefinitely store data on specific topics without running out of space. Once enabled, it is configured per topic, giving you granular control over data storage needs.

Monitoring Pi-hole using Pi-hole Exporter and OpenTelemetry: A Comprehensive Guide

Pi-hole is a fantastic open-source DNS-based ad blocker that enhances your online experience by blocking unwanted ads and trackers network-wide. Monitoring the performance and status of your Pi-hole setup is essential to ensure its effectiveness. Next, we'll explore how to use a Prometheus exporter to expose metrics from Pi-hole and have the OpenTelemetry collector scrape the metrics and send them to Splunk Observability Cloud.

How to securely query AWS S3 from ClickHouse

ClickHouse is a powerful analytical database, loading data from an AWS S3 bucket allows you to quickly start analyzing the data without having to download and upload them manually in the database. Writing data to S3 allows you to offload some cold data, while keeping all the hot data in ClickHouse and, with the usage of federated queries, being able to query both hot and cold data at the same time.